Department of Applied Animal Science and Welfare

Our aim is to advance responsible animal management, welfare, and sustainable food production while ensuring high product quality. Through research and education, we focus on feed and nutrition, management and environment, ethology and animal ethics, as well as animal welfare and protection.

Research

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Close-up of an English Springer Spaniel. Photo by Lisa Chröisty.

Available degree projects

We offer a wide range of thesis opportunities, covering both applied and fundamental topics and focusing on many different animal species.

A drawing of a rainbow trout on a rainbow.

New doctoral thesis on sustainable feeding of rainbow trout

A new doctoral thesis by Pontus Gunnarsson shows that protein sources in fish feed alter the gut microbiota of rainbow trout, but without negative effects on growth, metabolism, or product quality.

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THV report series

The reports in the THV series are based on current research and provide valuable insights into our various research areas.
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Swedish Centre for Animal Welfare

SCAW is a centre at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) that focuses on animal welfare issues.

Young cattle grazing outside SLU Götala beef and lamb research. Photo by Karin Wallin.

SLU Götala Beef and Lamb Research Centre

SLU’s research facility for beef and lamb production is located two kilometres outside Skara.